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No. 536,125. A Patented Mar. 19, 18%

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JAMES V. BROWN, OF DE SOTO, ILLINOIS.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,125, dated March19, 1895.

Application filed July 10,1894:- Serial No. 517,047. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES V. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing in De Soto,

in the county of Jackson and State of Illinois, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Hinges, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hinges, the object being toprovide an article of the character designated which will combinesimplicity, durability and strength and which may be manufactured andsupplied to the trade at a greatly reduced cost.

To these ends my invention consists in the improved construction andcombination of parts, as more fully described and pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved hinge andFig. 2 is a similar view with the parts separated.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both figures ofthe drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1, 2 designate the two hinge sections theformer carrying two knuckles and the Latter one knuckle, as shown inFig. 2.

Each hinge section is formed of a single blank, which is at a suitablepoint, as at 3, bent at right angles and then doubled upon itself, as at4 and thereby bringing the end of the strap, upon which the knuckles ofthe hinge are formed. p I

It is obvious that the two sections should be made of opposite form sothat the knuckles of the two leaves, will fit together and allow of thepassage therethrough ot the pintle 5. Suitable holes 6, for the purposeof securing the two right-angled parts of each leaf to the object, bymeans of screws, are formed in the leaves, as shown in Fig. 2. By thisconstruction, in forming the hinge blanks, no waste of material need behad, except that which comes from the'contour of the fancy parts ofthesections, and should these parts be made square no waste whateverwill occur, as the blank used for each is the same, excepting that thepart cut away in leaf 1, to allow of the entrance of the knuckle on leaf2, forms the knuckle on leaf 2, and vice versa. It will thus be seenthatby forming a die to make the central out between the two parts of thehinge, when both are cut from asingle blank, the part remaining, afterone leaf has been out forms the other leaf.

It is obvious, that by doubling the one part of the leaf gives it addedstrength and therefore giving it a more substantial form. The advantagederived by forming the knuckles at one end of the hinge, is obvious.

It is not necessary that the two parts of each hingesection should be ofthe same size, as it is often preferable that the doubled part should besmaller in size than the other part of the hinge section.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- A hinge,comprising in its construction, two hinge sections, each of which isformed of a'single blank, each blank being bent at right angles and thendoubled upon itself, knuckles formed on the ends of the blanks, and apintle adapted to secure the two hinge sections together, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of May,1894:.

JAMES v. BROWN.

Witnesses G. W. BARNHAR'I, GEO. N. ALBON.

